Comments on: Hartford Top Springfield to Close Out Regular Season

By: laurie

laurie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:29:51 +0000

I couldn’t get into the WTIC web site last night either (I got home early enough to catch the last 10 minutes of the pre-game show) but fortunately have the stream address bookmarked. I’ll try to remember to post it when I get home. You can also get the radio broadcast for both teams (for free) through AHL Live, though the one time I actually tried they didn’t have the Pack feed available. Just go to http://www.ahllive.com/ and click on the “Radio” tab all the way to the right.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:11:41 +0000

As I was just about to buy tickets through Ticketmaster I thought exactly that. I guess if we do go, it will be last minute and we’ll get tix at the box office.
We used to go to a fair amount of games and always parked in the garage across the street and spent a long while getting out. You’d think I would have learned by now not to park there.
Great win last night. I listened to the Sharks radiocast because I couldn’t get the Pack’s radio up. Any idea why?

By: laurie

laurie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:30:56 +0000

Alan – that’s my plan as well. I’m just hoping the Rangers game doesn’t go into OT!

P.S. If you do go, skip the parking garage across the street and head for one of the lots a block away. You’ll save three bucks and get out a lot quicker after the game.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:06:47 +0000

Thanks, Laurie. Very helpful.
I’m thinking about a doubleheader on Saturday: Watching the Rangers at 1 and then taking a ride up to Hartford to see their game two. I’ll let you know if I do.

By: laurie

laurie — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:18:17 +0000

Alan – the delivery of the games has gotten pretty good, it’s been a couple months since I had any issues with the feed not working or anything like that. The quality always depends on the arena the game is being played in. A place like Lowell has one camera, it just follows the puck up and down the ice, no replays, no zooming in when play is around the goals, etc. Hartford’s feed is pretty good, and includes an on-screen scoreboard showing the score, any power plays, and time remaining. They also show replays. It’s certainly not up to MSG standards or anything like that, but is perfectly acceptable, IMHO. If I’m remembering correctly, Worcester games are frequently shown on a local TV channel, so the quality of their broadcast is one of the better ones. Unfortunately, AHL Live has locked me out of the archives so I can’t even pull up a game and check right now.

When you buy a game (or the package) you get an account and can log into it from any computer anywhere. Just not more than one at a time, because then they lock you out.

As for distances for the conference final teams… I’m in northwest NJ, so I’m literally halfway between Hartford and Hershey. The other three are between 1:15 (WBS) to 2 hrs (Philly) for me. From Manhattan, Hartford’s probably an hour closer than Hershey. Philly and WBS are probably the same distance as Hartford (2 hrs). And Bridgeport is the closest of all — about 1:15 or so. All ballpark numbers, of course. And that’s all a long way away… they’d have to win two rounds first.